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Table V. — Results of experiments with echinacea as a remedy against rattlesnake venin 



Effect. 



Sick. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 

 ..do. 



Termination. 



Recovered . 



...do 



...do 



...do 



Died 



Recovered . 



Died 



Recovered . 



Died 



do 



do 



Recovered. 



do 



Died 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Recovered . 



Died 



do 



do 



do.... 



Number 



of days 



sick. 



28 



33 

 24 

 28 



" To test toxicity of venin. 

 SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENTS WITH RATTLESNAKE VENIN 



"Specific Medicine Echinacea" was administered to guinea pigs per os, 

 and "Subculoyd Inula and Echinacea" was injected as a means of treat- 

 ment against the venin of the rattlesnake. The venin had been standard- 

 ized and the minimal lethal dose determined. Neither of the echinacea 

 preparations appeared to influence the course of the poisoning. From 

 these results it does not appear that echinacea is of value in the treat- 

 ment of rattlesnake poisoning in experimental animals under laboratory 

 conditions. 



VI. — TESTS OF ECHINACEA AS A REMEDY FOR TUBERCULOSIS 



Jt has often been asserted that echinacea is a cure for tuberculosis, and 

 for this reason tuberculosis was chosen as one of the chronic diseases upon 

 which to test the remedial value of the plant. The type of organism used 

 to inoculate the experimental animals was strictly human (Igoe strain). 

 The immediate material used for our purpose was one-third of a tubercu- 

 lous spleen from a guinea pig, third passage of the original material, 

 finely triturated in mortar and suspended in 10 mils of normal salt solu- 

 tion. The dose was 1 mil per guinea pig, injected intraperitoneally. 



